Enjoy this fun-filled evening as we begin in the classroom learning about Raku, a traditional Japanese pottery-firing technique.
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The Documentary Film Festival is graciously sponsored by Sanibel Captiva Community Bank.
BIG ARTS welcomes 2025 Academy Award winner Molly O’Brien for a two-day event. Experience film screenings, Q&A sessions, an opening reception, a catered dinner, and post-film gatherings—an exceptional opportunity to engage with an acclaimed filmmaker and enjoy award-winning cinema.
An ode to the Florida Everglades past and present, told through the prescient writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and those who today call the region home.
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Join us, old and new friends, and create a one-of-a-kind piece of art! June will demonstrate and guide students as they collage a 4-inch scalloped shell with colorful hand-dyed and stamped tissue paper.
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Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah’s husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
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Monday, December 1 & Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Multi-level artists are welcome to this 2-day watercolor workshop. Learn to create a variety of light and airy watercolor flowers that can be stacked and rearranged for endless compositions. Sunny will guide students through calming exercises that will help you learn to paint more loosely and expressively.
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on – for everyone around her, at least.
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Wednesdays, December 3, 10, 17, 2025, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Petra will provide students with guidance and assistance, demonstrating procedures and basic glass fusing techniques, and will include compatibility and testing, annealing, and slumping.
Thursday, December 4 & Friday, December 5, 2025, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Create your own unique Mosaic Holiday Tree in this 2-day workshop using a variety of materials, such as stained glass, beads, stone, wood, and more. You may even bring your own sentimental trinkets, such as jewelry or beads, to personalize your tree.
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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Enjoy this fun-filled evening creating silk painted scarves! Deborah will inspire students with examples and designs from her own creations, guiding students with the application of dye on silk using a brush.
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Celebrate the season with festive favorites and joyful harmonies performed by the talented voices and musicians of the BIG ARTS Community Chorus and BIG ARTS Concert Band.
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